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Provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. This book serves as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on early Christianity, the Desert Fathers, and Christian asceticism. It includes chronologies, maps, outlines, illustrations, and bibliographies.
'Dr Harmless has produced a comprehensive introduction to the major figures in the Egyptian tradition...the book is thoroughly impressive and will undoubtedly prove very useful...splendid resource.' - Augustine Casiday, SJT
'this volume offers a solid, balanced, well-researched, and clearly written introduction to and survey of early Egyptian monasticism.' - Tim Vivian, Sobornost
'There is no doubt that this is an engaging, fascinating, and informative study...It belongs on the shelf of any student of early church history and monasticism.' - A. D. Rich, Journal of Theological Studies
'Why waste words? - this is a thoroughly admirable book ... an accomplished and unassuming piece of scholarship.' - David Satran, Scripta Classica Israelica
'Dr Harmless has produced a comprehensive introduction to the major figures in the Egyptian tradition...the book is thoroughly impressive and will undoubtedly prove very useful...splendid resource.' - Augustine Casiday, SJT
'this volume offers a solid, balanced, well-researched, and clearly written introduction to and survey of early Egyptian monasticism.' - Tim Vivian, Sobornost
'There is no doubt that this is an engaging, fascinating, and informative study...It belongs on the shelf of any student of early church history and monasticism.' - A. D. Rich, Journal of Theological Studies
'Why waste words? - this is a thoroughly admirable book ... an accomplished and unassuming piece of scholarship.' - David Satran, Scripta Classica Israelica
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Book Details
| Author / Artist | William Harmless |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published | 2004-07-01 |
| ISBN | 9780195162233 |
| ISBN-10 | 0195162234 |
| Product ID | 1006542 |
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Christian Books > Theological Studies > Church History > Early Church
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